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A couple more rounds of snow and cold Friday into the weekend

Milder air could visit briefly next week

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Forecast 24-hour snowfall early Friday through midday Sunday
College of DuPage weather lab

The active and cold pattern continues. Friday will be briefly warmer and near 30 degrees ahead of another round of snow showers. More snow showers are possible Saturday followed by cold. 

Two rounds of snow Friday, Saturday followed by more cold air 

Our third clipper system of the week is moving through the state Friday, bringing a fresh coating of snow for central Minnesota but also pulling in some milder air and briefly pushing temperatures into the low 30s for much of southern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Friday
National Weather Service

Snow showers will continue to expand across central Minnesota Friday morning and spread east through the morning into the midday and afternoon hours across a swath of mostly central Minnesota.

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Forecast precipitation 8 a.m. through 6 p.m. Friday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Snowfall will be up to a couple inches for parts of central Minnesota with lesser amounts north and south. 

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Forecast snowfall Friday
WeatherBELL Analytics

Another shot of snow develops for southern Minnesota Saturday into Saturday night. That snow looks most significant across the far southern counties into Iowa. 

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Forecast precipitation 6 a.m. Saturday through 12 a.m. Sunday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

A winter weather advisory is posted for Saturday afternoon and night for southwestern Minnesota.

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Winter weather advisories for southwest Minnesota for Saturday afternoon and night
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Parts of far southern Minnesota could see up to 3 to 6 inches of fresh snow Saturday afternoon and night with a sharp cutoff as you move north.

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Forecast snowfall Saturday
WeatherBELL Analytics

More cold air moves in late Saturday behind the system in southern Minnesota, dropping temperatures yet again Saturday night into Sunday and early Monday. Milder air moves in briefly by Tuesday.

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Forecast temperature anomalies Saturday through Tuesday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Highs Sunday will be mostly in the single digits to near 10 degrees in the Twin Cities with cold sunshine.

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Forecast highs Sunday (left) and overnight lows Sunday night (right)
National Weather Service

Highs Tuesday could be near or above freezing for much of central and southern Minnesota, at least briefly.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service